Nandos Review

A friend and I went to Nandos on her recommendation as she had been there before. I wasn't keen as I realised it was a chain which usually means mediocre, overpriced food. The food at Nandos wasn't mediocre, it was atrocious. The menu is limited, littered with silly, incomprehensible Americanisms and abbreviations and consists mainly of chicken, which you have to queue to order school canteen-style, then choose a bottle of chilli sauce to drizzle on the food when it arrives. I ordered something described as a marinated steak which bore no resemblance to any kind of steak I have ever cooked or eaten in my entire life. It was a slab of pale grey processed stuff served in a dry bun with a miniscule portion of bone-dry microwaved 'fries'. Basically, it was inedible and I had to leave it after two mouthfuls. There was no point in complaining since, as is so often the case with these types of establishment, the staff consisted of a gaggle of teenagers who were more intent on chatting and messing about than serving. None of them had a clue about the 'food' they were serving and requests for recommendations were met with a blank stare and a shrug. The cost of this meal was around £15 including a very small glass of lukewarm wine. To sum up, it was the kind of stuff that McDonalds or Burger King serve up, except not as good and at vastly inflated prices. I would absolutely not recommend Nandos to anyone at all, unless you know nothing about food, enjoy wasting your money and have no tastebuds.